Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

The Strategic Planning Advisor will work under the overall guidance and supervision of the Executive Director and in close collaboration with senior managers and staff of the organization to ensure policy, normative and operational management and planning work is aligned with UN Women’s mission and objectives and fully contributes to the realization of the UN Women strategic plan objectives including their funding.

Duties and Responsibilities

Monitor wider global and regional developments relevant to the effective and efficient functioning of UN Women policy, normative and operational activities including assessing their resource base and scope for innovative partnerships;

Pro-actively plan, organize and manage the Executive Director’s action plan on all aspects of monitoring the progress of the implementation of the strategic plan’s goals and related initiatives;

Draft documents, plans and briefing reports for the Executive Director as they related to the implementation of the organization’s strategic plan;

Assist in the day-to-day management of the UN Women Executive Office;

Manage, guide, develop and train staff under her/his supervision. Provide staff members with clear objectives, goals, direction, guidance and appropriate tools to enable them to meet their responsibilities effectively and efficiently;

Perform any other official duties and special assignments which may be requested by the Executive Director and/or the Chief of Staff.

Competencies

Core Values and Guiding Principles:

Integrity:

Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct;

Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity:

Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff; Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

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